Workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio

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Workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio
1435?-1488
Head of a Youth
ca. 1475
Pen and brown ink and wash on paper; remnant of framing line in pen and brown ink at left.
7 x 6 1/2 inches (178 x 165 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 34a
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Formerly attributed to the circle of Leonardo da Vinci, Anchiano near Vinci 1452-1519 Amboise near Tours.

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Watermark: Eagle in circle, fragment.

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Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
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Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519, Circle of, Formerly attributed to.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

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